{"product_id":"agile-energy-systems-woodrow-w-clark-ii-9780080444482","title":"Agile Energy Systems: Global Lessons from the California Energy Crisis","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEmpowering decision makers\u003c\/b\u003e by setting the vision for a new approach to energy systems and providing the tools and plans to achieve these objectives\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides specific and \u003cb\u003eactionable\u003c\/b\u003e public policy and programme tools\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHelp solve energy issues \u003cb\u003eworldwide\u003c\/b\u003e by illustrating how the lessons learned from the California energy crisis can be used to create an \u003ci\u003eagile energy system\u003c\/i\u003e for any region in a country\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eDue to the recent catastrophic energy system failures in California along with those in the North-Eastern US and Southern Canada, London, and Italy, the time has come to proclaim the failure of deregulation, privatization or liberalization and propose a new energy system. \u003ci\u003eAgile Energy Systems \u003c\/i\u003eshows in the first section, how five precipitating forces led to the deregulation debacle in California: (1) major technological changes and commercialization, (2) regulatory needs mismatched to societal adjustments, (3) inadequate and flawed economic models, (4) lack of vision, goals, and planning leading to energy failures, and (5) failure and lack of economic regional development.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe second half of the book examines how \"civic market\", new economic models, and planning for a sustainable economic environment counteracted these five forces to create an \"agile energy system\". This system is based on renewable energy generation, hybrid or combined and distributed generation technologies. Such an agile system can be a new paradigm for both energy efficiency and reliability for any region or country, in contrast to the brittle centralized energy grid systems created by deregulation. Furthermore, the book overviews how the future of energy systems rests in the emerging \"clean\" hydrogen economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Woodrow W. Clark II,Ted Bradshaw\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0080444482\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780080444482\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Elsevier Science\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 510\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.02d","brand":"Woodrow W. Clark II","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47427369500927,"sku":"9780080444482","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/agile-energy-systems-woodrow-w-clark-ii-9780080444482","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}